Horse-whipping device



(No Model.)

G. LELARK. HORSE WHIPPING DEVICE.

Patented Apr. 24

N. PETERS. Phom-Lithwgmphur, Wishinginn D. B.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE L. CLARK, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

HORSE-WHIPPING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,158, dated April 24, 1883.

Application filed January 533, 1883. (No model.)

To all whomt't may concern Be it known that I, GEoauE L. CLARK, of Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Whipping Devices, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, where- Figure l is a top view of my device. Fig.2 is a side view of same, showing by dotted outline the mechanism, with whip raised in position for striking. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the are and part of the striking-bar to show more clearly the operation of the latch and stop.

My invention consists of a frame bearing a striking mechanism to which a whip is secured,

the whole being adapted for attachment to the saddle or the back of a horse; and it also consists in the peculiar arrangement and combination of the parts, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter (0 denotes the frame or saddle, as a whole, made up of side plates, 1), and cross-braces c and d,

fast to the plates I) near the ends.

Near the center of the device a striking-bar, e, is pivoted to cross-bar f, and bears a whip, 9, extending toward the tail of a horse when the device is secured to its back, as by straps to.

Springs 9, fast at one end to the frame and at the other to the arms 0 of the bar 0, hold it in a nearly horizontal position. The bent lever h is also pivoted to cross-barfin such position that its short arm h engages below the book of the spring-latchi when the lever is held in its normal position, as by the spring fast to leg k and to the frame.

In the slot 1 of the are l is secured an ad- 4 just-able stop, m, in the path of latch t, and by it is secured by any suitable means-as straps and buckles-40 the saddle on the harness or on the back of the animal. The cord n leads forward with the halter, and when the animal stops or pulls back a pull on the cord raises the striking-bar until the stop strikes the curved face of the latch, which is disengaged from the short arm of lever h as the pull continues, and allows the striking-bar and whip to fall, impelled by the recoil ot the springs. When the cord is slackened the bent lever is restored to its former position by the pull of the springj, and the short arm again engages the spring-latch in position to repeat the blow when the cord is again pulled.

In order to add vigor to the blow and also to ease or lighten the impact of the strikingbar upon the frame-work, a cushion of elastic material-as india-rubber-is interposed between the bar and the cross-piece of the frame under it, as shown by letter 0.

The whip is fastened to the striking-arm by any ordinary method, as by the sliding collar and clamp s, as shown.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the saddle and the striking mechanism provided with the trip, all substantially as described.

2. The combination of a suldle, a striking mechanism impelled by a spring, and a rope for operating the same,all substantially as described.

3. In combination with frame a, striking-bar e, impelled by a spring-latch t, trip-lever lb, adjustable stop m, and cord n, all substantially as described.

4. In combination, frame a, striking-bar e, impelled by a spring, a whip,cord a, and elastic cushion 0, all substantially as described.

5. In combinationwith frame a,striking-bar 0, bearing spring-latch t', springs g, trip-lever h, spring j, adjustable stop m, and cord n, all substantially as described.

GEORGE L. CLARK.

Witnesses J. H. CONVERSE, GEO. W. MILLER. 

